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<refentry id="vboxmanage-showmediuminfo" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2022-08-22 19:43:14 +0200 (Mon, 22 Aug 2022) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage showmediuminfo</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-showmediuminfo</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VBoxManage-showmediuminfo</refname>
<refpurpose>show information about a medium</refpurpose>
<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showmediuminfo">
<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
<command>VBoxManage showmediuminfo</command>
<group>
<arg choice="plain">disk</arg>
<arg choice="plain">dvd</arg>
<arg choice="plain">floppy</arg>
</group>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage showmediuminfo</command> command shows the
following information about a medium:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Size
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Size on disk
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Type
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
In use by virtual machines (VMs)
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
The medium must be specified either by its UUID, if the medium is
registered, or by its filename. Registered images can be listed
using <command>VBoxManage list hdds</command>, <command>VBoxManage
list dvds</command>, or <command>VBoxManage list
floppies</command>, as appropriate.
</para>
<para>
For backward compatibility, you can also use the
<command>showvdiinfo</command> command to obtain information about
the medium.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>disk</literal> | <literal>dvd</literal> | <literal>floppy</literal></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the type of medium. Valid values are
<literal>disk</literal> (hard drive),
<literal>dvd</literal>, or <literal>floppy</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or
absolute path name of the medium or image.
</para><para>
If the medium is registered, you can specify the UUID. You
can also list registered images by using the
<command>VBoxManage list hdds</command>, <command>VBoxManage
list dvds</command>, or <command>VBoxManage list
floppies</command> command.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
<para>
The following command shows information about the
<filename>disk01.vdi</filename> disk image:
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage showmediuminfo disk01.vdi</screen>
<para>
The following command shows information about the
<filename>floppy01.img</filename> floppy disk image.
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage showmediuminfo floppy floppy01.img</screen>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="vboxmanage-list" />
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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